YouTube description: For thousands of years, the people of Hungary have soaked in the rich, thermal waters that lie below the country’s surface. From Roman emperors to Turkish kings, Budapest’s... continue reading
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Stupid brain ... YouTube: Scientists think that evolution may not have prepared our brains for donuts, and an international research team has found out that some of earth’s oldest, largest trees are... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 436 views • 5:59YouTube description: How do you cool a building without air conditioning? Using an approach called biomimicry, see how architect Mick Pearce harnessed the ingenuity of termites to design a natural cooling... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months ago • 583 views • 3:42In Quebec, Canada, there's a town called Asbestos. It's an alarming name, one that conjures up images of lung disease and mesothelioma. So now that the town's asbestos mine, once the largest asbestos mine... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 11 months ago • 46 views • 4:30Featuring conductor Paige Dashner Long and the Florida Flute Orchestra, playing "Tico Tico No Fuba."
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 12 months ago • 28 views • 2:25YouTube description: Standing nearly 300 feet tall, Europe’s largest monument is a dedication to the army that defeated Napoleon. Named after the battle that took place in 1813, The Monument to the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 529 views • 1:48YouTube description: With a population of over 18 million people, Mumbai is one of the world’s largest megalopolises. To put it mildly, the city can be unpredictable. But amid the chaos, Mumbai has... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months ago • 660 views • 2:48https://youtu.be/Zm6X77ShHa8 Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,121 views • 5:19Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world and the only living structure visible from space. Although ecosystem managers in Australia have worked hard to preserve the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 541 views • 8:11YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 458 views • 7:42The Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit (Black Mamba APU) is a mostly female ranger unit founded with the purpose of protecting wildlife in South Africa. They are on the front-line protecting dwindling numbers... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 89 views • 2:35YouTube description: As the world’s largest technology manufacturers increasingly move toward creating products that are designed to be difficult or impossible to repair, Motherboard has started looking... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 426 views • 9:15Tucked away in a valley in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, is this: the Green Bank Radio Telescope, the largest steerable radio telescope in the world. And there are some rather special rules... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 589 views • 5:50"With over 1.7 billion followers worldwide, Islam has grown into the second largest religion in the world. But just how much do you know about it. Find out more facts in Islam In Numbers..."
posted by ant 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 2:06As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 832 views • 3:38Where the desert sands of Dubai meet the ocean, a troop of shipbuilders are taking on the enormous task of building the world's largest handmade ship.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 325 views • 4:06I love this guys channel, he is always showing old retro hi-fi stuff I have never seen before.
posted by jmd 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 49 views • 18:03YouTube description: I made a batch of charcoal using the mound method then stored it in baskets for later use. Charcoal is a fuel that burns hotter than the wood it's made from. This is because the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months ago • 1,003 views • 5:31In the middle of the Mojave desert lies California City, the largest city never built. It is now a vast network of roads carved into the sand for miles and miles with nothing but tumbleweeds and cacti... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,098 views • 4:55